MALAWI VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,414	7	4,929	+ 13,485
Violence	2	14,892	32	406	+ 14,485
Stroke	3	12,943	5	5,939	+ 7,004
Kidney Disease	4	6,979	19	1,567	+ 5,412
Lung Disease	5	6,844	21	1,340	+ 5,503
Liver Disease	6	6,215	10	3,259	+ 2,956
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,590	4	6,221	- 2,631
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	3,226	25	782	+ 2,444
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,050	2	7,739	- 4,689
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,456	14	2,267	+ 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	2,107	6	5,782	- 3,675
Other Injuries	12	1,931	22	1,266	+ 664
Hypertension	13	1,914	17	1,797	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	14	1,813	1	12,839	- 11,026
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,811	13	2,509	- 698
Low Birth Weight	16	1,724	8	4,339	- 2,615
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	1,500	39	280	+ 1,220
Stomach Cancer	18	1,468	45	206	+ 1,262
Cervical Cancer	19	1,125	12	2,876	- 1,751
Breast Cancer	20	1,092	27	600	+ 492
Leukemia	21	1,085	56	82	+ 1,003
Tuberculosis	22	1,034	11	2,992	- 1,959
Parkinson's Disease	23	980	46	200	+ 780
Lymphomas	24	891	24	839	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	25	863	40	271	+ 593
Liver Cancer	26	858	38	317	+ 541
Lung Cancers	27	843	51	131	+ 713
Inflammatory/Heart	28	837	35	370	+ 466
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	807	44	234	+ 573
Asthma	30	790	26	705	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	31	764	42	257	+ 507
Pancreas Cancer	32	743	60	38	+ 705
Birth Trauma	33	709	9	3,563	- 2,854
Alcohol	34	704	52	114	+ 590
Falls	35	661	28	562	+ 99
Epilepsy	36	460	41	260	+ 200
Suicide	37	459	23	1,007	- 548
Drownings	38	418	30	458	- 40
Malnutrition	39	414	20	1,499	- 1,085
Skin Disease	40	382	53	101	+ 281
Appendicitis	41	318	54	94	+ 225
Drug Use	42	294	59	48	+ 246
Dengue	43	275	65	9	+ 265
Oral Cancer	44	225	43	251	- 26
Ovary Cancer	45	223	48	158	+ 65
Meningitis	46	209	18	1,792	- 1,583
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	209	61	29	+ 180
Maternal Conditions	48	205	15	1,854	- 1,649
Bladder Cancer	49	187	33	388	- 201
Oesophagus Cancer	50	185	16	1,842	- 1,657
Encephalitis	51	180	58	48	+ 132
Skin Cancers	52	155	36	331	- 176
Pertussis	53	132	31	436	- 304
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	106	49	154	- 48
Poisonings	55	102	37	325	- 222
Other Neoplasms	56	93	63	17	+ 77
Fires	57	91	34	380	- 288
Chagas disease	58	61	75	0	+ 61
Tetanus	59	59	47	178	- 119
Uterin Cancer	60	52	62	23	+ 30
Syphilis	61	42	29	480	- 438
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	66	9	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	63	21	57	60	- 39
Hepatitis B	64	11	55	88	- 77
War	65	9	71	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	7	64	15	- 7
Ascariasis	67	4	69	4	- 0
Chlamydia	68	2	70	3	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	2	74	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 1
Malaria	71	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	67	6	- 6
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.